Recaps

The Great Sword Shield Unit attacked a Glaison Base under heavy interference, and Salamander’s forces gained the advantage. Salamander defeated Veronica in their final duel, but she killed herself rather than live after the Dion Empire’s defeat.

• The Great Sword Shield Unit disrupted the base’s communications and defenses with Neutron Jammers, Minov Particles, and Yahap Particles.
• Salamander and Veronica fought in the Koshi Gundam and Great Guard while the surrounding forces attacked Veronica’s unit.
• Jorge destroyed the Great Guard’s remote cannons, and Salamander’s forces crippled the machine and brought it down.
• Salamander caught the falling Great Guard and urged Veronica to live, but she declared her loyalty to the Dion Empire and shot herself.
• Salamander saluted Veronica’s body in respect.

The Mieweng Unit’s forces advanced on Glaison Base as Gundam TR-6 Dandelion IIs crippled its laser defenses from above. The battle remained a stalemate, with both sides committing more forces, including Gundam TR-6 Fiver IIs attacking the enemy fleet.

• Leiying units and Birgo IIIs advanced behind their shields while exchanging fire with Glaison Base’s defenders, and the Great Sword Shield Unit pushed within fifty kilometers of the base.
• Gundam TR-6 Dandelion IIs destroyed many laser defense turrets from above, while Wing Birds and Azure units trying to intercept them suffered heavy losses.
• Rebecca and Zhou Ya fought Mass-Produced Saint Machines as Zhou Na reported Veronica’s death and the Night Hunt Royal Knights’ clash with the Iron Blossom Group.
• Flints and F90 units broke through a weak point in Glaison Base’s defenses but met fierce resistance, leaving the battle at a stalemate.
• Salamander ordered his subordinates to protect Veronica’s body and led his unit onward, while Gundam TR-6 Fiver IIs and their Gihal II escorts attacked the enemy fleet from the edge of the atmosphere.

Anton and his four subordinates overwhelmed Pamuzhuba’s Witch Hunter Saint Machine in a five-on-one battle. Gundam Gusion Rebake Full City crushed its cockpit, and the surviving Gundams moved on to seek new targets.

• Anton’s Gundam Barbatos Lupus and Mellis’s Gundam Astaroth (Prototype) damaged the Witch Hunter Saint Machine, forcing Pamuzhuba to retreat.
• Gundam Gomory, Gundam Fraus, Gundam Gusion Rebake Full City, and Gundam Dablin surrounded the weakened Witch Hunter Saint Machine as Anton left them to finish the fight.
• Pamuzhuba tried to escape by flying upward, but the five Gundams attacked him with their weapons and drove him back to the ground.
• The Witch Hunter Saint Machine’s shield shattered, its back took repeated hits, and its final Electromagnetic Cannon shot was knocked off course by Gundam Dablin.
• Gundam Gusion Rebake Full City clamped its giant shears around the Witch Hunter Saint Machine’s cockpit and crushed it, killing Pamuzhuba.
• Mellis remarked that none of them could have defeated Pamuzhuba alone, and the four Gundams went searching for their next targets.

Lieutenant General Reigendrey recognized that Glaisen Base was nearing defeat as the Skywing Mercenary Group steadily overwhelmed its forces and weakened its defenses. Salamander ordered an assault on the base’s vulnerable eastern sector, where Zamels provided long-range artillery support.

• Lieutenant General Reigendrey confirmed that two Royal Knights commanders had died and assessed the Dion Army’s worsening casualty ratios and morale.
• When civilians asked for weapons, Lieutenant General Reigendrey refused and told them not to resist if the base fell, assuring them the Skywing Mercenary Group would send them home.
• Gundam Barbatos Lupus and a Delta attacked Glaisen Base’s defenses as failing power plants left Titan’s Wall operating at reduced strength.
• Salamander directed Gundam TR-6 Dandelion II and Gundam TR-6 Fiber II to target the eastern laser batteries and ordered forces to break through the eastern sector.
• A Black Rabbit Unit advanced under fire support from Douwolf and Guntanks while its MS and snipers suppressed the base’s defenders.
• Zamels bombarded the base from high altitude, using their 680mm Cannons and electric shells to destroy or disable defending units.

The Great Sword Shield Unit and allied forces breached Glaison Base's eastern defenses, entered the base, and fought through its interior while Lieutenant General Reigendrey struggled to coordinate a defense. Salamander ordered his forces to spare civilians, but the attackers continued destroying enemy machines and base facilities as reinforcements poured through the breaches.

• Gaplant TR-5 Advanced Hrairoos, Rosette Reinforced Ground Types, and other units suppressed the eastern defenses as Gundam TR-6 Dandelion II and Gundam TR-6 Woundwort II attacked from the edge of the atmosphere.
• The Dion Army's eastern defenders were overwhelmed, and Lieutenant General Reigendrey struggled to reinforce them without weakening the southern and western fronts.
• Three Silver Thunders used their Big-W Cannon IIs to blast breaches through Titan's Wall, allowing allied machines and ground forces to enter Glaison Base.
• Lieutenant General Reigendrey sent more forces east and ordered ground troops to escort civilians into underground shelters, while Salamander instructed MD-controlled machines and Haros not to attack civilians.
• Zamels provided long-range artillery support as Zhang Lili and her camera crew followed the ground forces into the base; Pirate Gundam X1, Gundam Gomory, and a Sky Overlord destroyed enemy machines.
• The invading units scattered into small groups and advanced through the base, while Guntanks deployed their transported ground troops and continued providing artillery support.

Sky Wing Mercenaries encountered Dion soldiers escorting civilians and were ordered not to attack while civilians were present. When families pleaded with forcibly conscripted female soldiers to surrender, the commander laid down her arms, allowing the soldiers and civilians to be taken to safety and reunited.

• Maoxile and Ubalos reported Dion troops escorting civilians to shelters, following Mellis's order to leave them to ground forces and report their locations.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries learned that civilians rescued at another base included people abducted from the Colony Sphere and relatives of mercenaries, prompting them to set aside plans for revenge.
• Zhang Lili reported as a Sky Wing ground unit gave Dion troops time to move civilians into an air-raid shelter.
• An elderly woman took a female soldier's gun, then urged her granddaughter to surrender and pleaded for her life; Sky Wing Mercenaries shielded them and escorted them to safety.
• Families begged the forcibly conscripted female soldiers to surrender, and the ground-unit commander surrendered with her troops.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries disarmed the female soldiers and took them and the civilians to safety, where the soldiers embraced their families.

Lieutenant General Reigendrey ordered willing Dion Empire soldiers to surrender and launched Gudrian for a final battle, where he fought off Skywing forces before being surrounded by four Gundams. The chapter left Reigendrey at a severe disadvantage against Pirate Gundam X1, Pirate Gundam X2, Pirate Gundam X3, and Dark Hound.

• Lieutenant General Reigendrey allowed Dion Army soldiers who did not want to fight to surrender and entrusted command to his adjutant before launching in Gudrian.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries secured underground facilities and escorted civilians to safety while encountering both resistance and surrenders.
• Lieutenant General Reigendrey launched Gudrian and destroyed sixteen enemy MS in three minutes.
• Pirate Gundam X1 challenged Gudrian, and Pirate Gundam X2 and Pirate Gundam X3 joined the fight.
• Zhou Na and her older sister ordered all four Gundams to attack together, and Dark Hound helped surround Gudrian as Reigendrey recognized his disadvantage.

The Great Sword Shield Unit captured Glaison Base’s power plant, overwhelmed its defenses, and evacuated civilians while defeating most of the Dion Army’s forces. As the Dion Empire lost more territory and generals, Yelishao De ordered strategic retreats and measures to keep civilians and conscripted soldiers from surrendering.

• Zhou Ya and the other three women trapped Gudrian Sacred Machine in a coordinated attack, killed Lieutenant General Reigendrey, and then split up to seek new targets.
• The Great Sword Shield Unit seized Glaison Base’s underground power plant and shut down its defensive laser turrets and Titan’s Wall, allowing its forces to advance on the base.
• Great Sword Shield Unit forces attacked Dion Army warships while allowing civilian transports to escape, and Mother Rabbit’s Silver Thunder shot down a Brock Frigate with Big-W Cannon II.
• Salamander learned that only thirty of more than two hundred Dion Army warships had escaped Glaison Base and that the Dion Army had lost its frontline bases.
• Yelishao De received reports of fallen generals and impending surrenders, then ordered civilians moved to rear areas and arranged farming, renewable-energy, and factory work for them.

After the Great Sword Shield Unit captured Glaison Base, former captives reunited with family, while the Skywing Mercenary Group began searching for missing relatives. At the detention center, Osmane, Russell, Najedah, and Chaplin discussed their futures and the prisoners working in chains, and Chaplin revealed he recognized Muswati.

• Zhang Lili interviewed Ruili after she raised her hand among the former captives, and Ruili reunited with her husband, Lieutenant Ubalos, and their children.
• Former captives reported their names and origins to the Skywing Mercenary Group, which sought records from Colony Sphere countries to help locate their families.
• Netizens condemned some captives who refused to return to countries that still existed, while soldiers from fallen nations learned that relatives had survived and arranged reunions.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group arranged for Dion Army soldiers' relatives to return to their homes and sent captured Dion Army soldiers to prisoner-of-war camps.
• At the detention center, Russell said he wanted to reunite with his wife and children, while Osmane admitted he did not know what to do without family.
• Chaplin said he recognized Muswati among the chained prisoners, explaining that his brother had shown him a photograph of her.

The Mieweng Unit continued advancing while the Dion Empire used civilians and guerrilla attacks to slow its progress. Long Fei and his commanders identified Markus Fortress, where Yelishao De was directing operations, as the crucial target for breaking the enemy’s defenses.

• Russell, Osmane, and Chaplin condemned Muswati’s tactics, while prisoners on Najedah’s side kept their distance from her group.
• From August 13 to 15 of Cosmic Year 126, the Mieweng Unit captured more bases and facilities, and satellite observations revealed that the Dion Empire had activated Titan’s Walls in many places.
• Long Fei’s officers reported that the Dion Army was relocating civilians, waging guerrilla warfare, and damaging logistics camps and transport teams.
• Tols and Shlaik proposed using the Mieweng Unit’s stealth technology, satellite surveillance, drones, and reconnaissance forces to investigate and eliminate enemy guerrillas.
• Shlaik presented a map showing that Yelishao De was overseeing the Dion Army at Markus Fortress, and Salamander explained why the surrounding outposts had to be captured before attacking it.
• Long Fei declared that capturing Markus Fortress would bring the destruction of the Dion Empire closer.

Sky Wing Mercenary Group and Dion Army forces fought a fierce ground battle in a dense forest, where specialized suits, weapons, drones, and the Mobile Assault Shell Unit inflicted heavy losses. Dion’s communications and radar remained crippled by Neutron Jammers and Minov Particles, while the unpredictable prosthetic weapons of the Mobile Assault Shell Unit made the unit especially difficult to counter.

• Sky Wing and Dion special forces exchanged gunfire and fought at close range, with Energy Shields, funnel cannons, Beam Sabers, and other weapons causing casualties on both sides.
• Sky Wing special forces and the Mobile Assault Shell Unit used superior close-combat strength and varied weapons to overwhelm Dion soldiers, while Dion troops relied on heavy weapons to challenge External Armor and Wolf-types.
• Sky Wing remotely controlled drones and Mechanical Dogs through functioning relays, while Dion struggled to communicate and operate radar after Neutron Jammers and Minov Particles disrupted its systems.
• Mobile Assault Shell Unit members used transforming weapons and prosthetic limbs to pierce shields, fire rocket fists, and move through the forest, leaving Dion ground forces unable to predict their attacks.

Bai Zhenyu and Wan Yuhao fought in the dense forest, using Gundam Faler and Barbatos Gundam with the Hell Warhorse to devastate enemy forces. The battle continued as Barbatos Gundam fired a Crimson Arrow into an enemy reinforcement squad, destroying it in a massive blast.

• Bai Zhenyu piloted Gundam Faler through the forest battle, destroying several enemy machines with her weapons and spatial awareness.
• Bai Zhenyu sniped two enemy targets with her 210mm anti-materiel rifle and recognized Wan Yuhao riding past on the Hell Warhorse with Barbatos Gundam.
• Wan Yuhao charged through enemy ranks on the Hell Warhorse, then dismounted and destroyed an Azure and a silver Special Saint Machine.
• Barbatos Gundam took a crossbow from the Hell Warhorse and fired a Crimson Arrow at an enemy reinforcement force.
• The Crimson Arrow struck the ground and detonated, destroying a one-hundred-MS reinforcement squad.

Trifer piloted Gundam AGE 1 Phoenix Type against Violet and destroyed the Special Saint Machine with the Destroyer Sword’s Rui Star Shot. The Skywing Mercenary Group then broke through Dense One Base’s Zeus Wall and advanced into the base.

• Trifer’s Gundam AGE 1 Phoenix Type used its Phoenix cannons to force Violet into the air, where the pilot risked harming Dion Army allies.
• Violet charged with its longsword, but Trifer transformed the Phoenix equipment into Destroyer Sword Form and broke Violet’s blade.
• Trifer launched Rui Star Shot, and the pursuing phoenix pierced Violet and destroyed it.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group’s forces overwhelmed the Dion Army as FAZZ and other Gundams suppressed enemy machines and ground troops.
• Mieweng Units bombarded Dense One Base’s Zeus Wall until Gundam AGE 1 Phoenix Type shattered it with Star Slash F.
• The Mieweng Units covered the ground forces as mobile suits and Mobile Armors charged into Dense One Base.

The Dion Army’s diversionary assault on Dense One No. 1 drew relief forces away from Dense One No. 3 and No. 4, and the Second Prince ordered the army to abandon all Dense bases and retreat to Markus Fortress. Long Fei’s forces took over the abandoned bases, then prepared for a prolonged battle while Salamander’s guerrilla units continued disrupting enemy supply lines.

• The relief force commander realized the Skywing Mercenary Group had used Dense One No. 1 as a diversion while Wing Gundam Zero and GX 9900 threatened Dense One No. 3 and No. 4.
• Wing Gundam Zero breached the Zeus Wall at Dense One No. 4 and destroyed large sections of the base before its attackers moved toward Dense One No. 2.
• The Second Prince ordered the Dion Army to abandon all Dense bases and withdraw to Markus Fortress after enemy guerrilla units intercepted the relief forces.
• The Dion Army evacuated the bases and destroyed the Zeus Wall installations and supplies, while the Mieweng Unit took over the remaining bases without pursuing the retreating troops.
• Shlaik and the other generals unanimously decided to keep sending guerrilla units against Dion supply lines, and Long Fei summoned Salamander to his office.

Long Fei and Salamander discussed the risk of Yelishao De offering Dion Empire technology to other nations, then set a plan to attack Markus Fortress at the end of next month. As both sides prepared for the decisive battle, Yelishao De’s attempt to seek international help was rejected by his subordinates.

• Salamander told Long Fei that Yelishao De’s filial loyalty to Fadis made him unlikely to share Dion technology while his father remained alive, and that the Skywing Mercenary Group needed to defeat the empire within half a year without suffering severe losses.
• Long Fei learned that the assault on Markus Fortress would begin at the end of next month, with guerrilla forces harassing Dion deployments beforehand.
• Long Fei called Taoxiang and spoke with Long Guo and Long Fu, who asked him to come home for their birthday; he also noticed Long Quan’s spiritual power had nearly caught up with his own.
• Yelishao De gathered the remaining Royal Knights commanders and his generals at Markus Fortress as arriving troops prepared for the coming battle.
• Yelishao De proposed sharing Dion technology with other nations in exchange for their aid, but his subordinates unanimously opposed asking ordinary humans for help, so he turned to planning defenses against Skywing guerrilla forces.

Long Fei’s forces intensified guerrilla attacks against Dion-held territory while Glamour Shadow and Shadow Sword revealed how they were exploiting divisions inside the Dion Empire. The chapter ended with Dion’s officials and military increasingly distrustful of one another as the war turned against them.

• Mieweng Unit guerrillas ambushed Dion Army transports and withdrew before reinforcements could respond, using intelligence from surrenderists and defeatists.
• Long Fei celebrated his twin daughters’ birthday over a video call on September 5, 126.
• Yelishao De rejected conscripting children under twelve and ordered the immediate execution of anyone who proposed or secretly carried out such conscription.
• Long Fei met with his commanders, Nine-Tailed Fox, and Sword Chief to review intelligence about the Dion Empire’s internal divisions.
• Nine-Tailed Fox explained that infiltration and manipulated evidence had fueled mistrust, wrongful executions, and assassinations among Dion’s officials and nobles.
• Sword Chief and Salamander reported that schemes and assassinations had also destabilized the Dion Army, whose divisions could worsen as its battlefield position deteriorated.

On September 25, Cosmic Year 126, the Mieweng Unit began the decisive battle between the Dion Army and the Skywing Mercenary Group before the Dion forces were fully prepared. As the war spread across space and a vast ground front, Gandalf’s Sacred Mirror fought off an encirclement by several Gundams with help from other Special Saint Machine pilots.

• On September 20, Yelishao De exposed and punished soldiers who had taken money from the Skywing Mercenary Group, but he worried that another setback could fracture the Dion Army.
• On September 25, the Mieweng Unit launched its operation, and the Dion Army and Skywing Mercenary Group clashed across a 200-kilometer front while both sides exchanged attacks in space and on the ground.
• The Dion Army struggled against the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Sky Overlord and Mobius Zero fighters, which outmatched the Wing Birds sent to counter them.
• Gandalf’s Mirror Royal Knights fought the Iron Blossom Group as their numbers had dwindled, and a Shiden and Evil Mirror fought to a standstill.
• Gundam Astaroth, Gundam Kimaris Vidar, Gundam Gusion Deep Rebuild Type, Barbatos, Gundam Faler, and Gundam Fraus surrounded Gandalf, but other Special Saint Machine pilots intervened to help him.
• The Sacred Mirror evaded Barbatos and Gundam Astaroth, nearly struck Barbatos’s cockpit, and retreated after Gundam Astaroth deflected its attack.

Gandalf held off several Gundams while the Mieweng Unit launched a large-scale assault on the Dion Army across Mars. Dr. Cordelia deployed the powerful new Dazamru MAs, which inflicted heavy losses and began breaking through the Dion Army’s defenses.

• Gandalf dodged Bai Zhenyu’s sniper shot and signaled for help while fighting three Gundams at once.
• The Mieweng Unit sent MS units and Mobile Armors down to Mars, where they attacked Dion forces and disrupted their deployments.
• The Dion Army used anti-beam alloy plates to withstand some attacks, but the Mieweng Unit’s specialized machines and weapons overwhelmed its forces.
• Dr. Cordelia deployed dozens of Dazamru MAs, whose I Fields, heavy weapons, and mobility allowed them to destroy Dion machines and damage their defenses.
• Dazamru and other Mieweng forces broke through anti-beam plates using concentrated fire, melee weapons, explosives, and coordinated attacks.

Li Xiucheng defeated Wenselas and the Evil Fiend with the EX-S, then captured Wenselas after stopping his attempted escape and suicide. The battle ended with Wenselas unconscious and in Li Xiucheng’s custody.

• Long Fei sent the alloy plates and their combat data to the AGE System, which determined that Electromagnetic Spiral Cannons could pierce them.
• Li Xiucheng and Wenselas clashed again as the Slaughter Royal Knights and Shadow Mad Dog Squad fought across the battlefield.
• The EX-S destroyed the Evil Fiend’s Reflective Beam Shield, remote cannons, and legs while ALICE helped Li Xiucheng outmaneuver Wenselas.
• Li Xiucheng and ALICE disabled the Evil Fiend’s thrusters and defenses, then the Spirit Beam Cannon destroyed its lower body.
• Wenselas escaped in a Core Fighter, but Li Xiucheng shot out its thrusters and forced it to crash.
• Li Xiucheng stopped Wenselas from shooting himself, subdued him in hand-to-hand combat, and knocked him unconscious.

Li Xiucheng’s capture of Wenselas damaged Dion Army morale as Sky Wing Mercenaries exploited traitors to infiltrate and seize bases. On the front lines, some Dion pilots turned against their comrades, and Pani learned they were abducted Wanluo Federation citizens seizing a chance to fight back.

• Sky Wing Mercenaries photographed Wenselas after capturing him and projected the image over the Mieweng Unit’s camp, spreading news of his defeat and weakening Dion Army morale.
• Dion Army traitors gave Sky Wing Mercenaries access codes, ciphers, and underground routes, enabling guerrillas to sabotage defenses and seize bases.
• Yelishao De used special telegram ciphers to uncover the captured bases, then ordered an investigation into the traitors and redeployed units to retake key locations.
• Dion pilots reported Skinks, Winged Birds, Koukai, Salamanders, and Ceruleans attacking their own forces, leading Mieweng Unit officers to suspect the pilots were not willing Dion citizens.
• Pani fought alongside a Cerulean and its forces against three Crimsons, then questioned the pilots after they raised their hands.
• The Cerulean pilot told Pani that they were Wanluo Federation people abducted as children and said they had been waiting for a chance to kill Dion Empire citizens.

Pani accepted the surrender of Azure pilots as abducted Colony Sphere citizens began defecting from the Dion Army, which responded by detonating bombs in their machines. Gandalf was overwhelmed by the Gundam pilots after a desperate escape attempt, and Holy Mirror was destroyed by a Dainsleif round.

• Pani questioned the Azure pilots, accepted their surrender, and arranged for them to be taken to the Skywing Mercenary Group's camp.
• Former Colony Sphere citizens defected from the Dion Army, which ordered Newtype and Coordinator pilots to detonate the bombs in defectors' machines.
• Gandalf fought Gundam Astaroth, Gundam Faler, and Gundam Barbatos alone while the Dion Army dealt with the defectors and his allies were occupied.
• Lieutenant Ralhe joined the fight, and Gandalf activated Holy Mirror's Efficiency Boost Mode to break through the Gundams' encirclement.
• Gundam Fraus blocked Holy Mirror's escape, and Gandalf fought the Gundams until Astaroth and Barbatos seized its arms and Faler severed its legs.
• Gundam Kimaris Vidar fired a Dainsleif round through Holy Mirror, killing Gandalf and blasting the mobile suit apart.

The Mieweng Unit gained ground as Dion’s morale and supply lines weakened, while Long Fei left decisions about recaptured bases to Shlaik. On the front lines, Dongfang Wudi disabled enemy machines rather than killing their pilots, but the prolonged fighting finally forced him to withdraw and rest.

• Long Fei ordered Gandalf’s death footage broadcast to weaken Dion Army morale, and the Mieweng Unit pushed farther into enemy territory as former Colony Sphere soldiers defected or surrendered.
• Shlaik reported that Dion forces had retaken bases supporting Markus Fortress and proposed destroying any other bases the guerrillas could not hold; Long Fei left the decision to him and the other commanders.
• Dongfang Wudi and his relatives fought while trying to spare enemy pilots, and he destroyed a Night Huntress with Flash Hand before sending a damaged Jegan squad away.
• Dongfang Wudi disabled a force of Scorpions and Wingbirds, whose surviving pilots were captured by Skywing Mercenary Group ground forces.
• God Gundam defeated a Special Saint Machine, but Dongfang Wudi grew exhausted after the prolonged battle and returned to his position to rest.

After more than sixty hours of fighting, the Mieweng Unit pushed the Dion Army back toward Markus Fortress while Long Fei and Li Xiucheng discussed how to rule the Mars Sphere and deal with defectors. The battle continued to turn against the Dion Army, which was driven back another fifty kilometers after more than seventy-two hours.

• The two armies fought for more than sixty hours, suffering over twenty thousand combined losses as the Dion Army struggled to receive supplies and reinforcements.
• Li Xiucheng returned from battle and spoke with Long Fei, who had come to encourage the troops.
• Long Fei admitted he was uncertain whether to rule the Mars Sphere himself or establish a puppet government, and Li Xiucheng advised him to distrust the defectors.
• Long Fei said defectors should generally be kept from important positions but might still be used if they had valuable abilities.
• The Dion Army's remaining Royal Knights fought Long Fei's direct units, while Black Sword and Heavenly Might remained at about sixty percent strength and the Ferocious Hound Squad and Iron Blossom Group suffered roughly twenty percent losses.
• After more than seventy-two hours of fighting, the Dion Army retreated another fifty kilometers as the Mieweng Unit launched another missile bombardment and deployed troops.

The Skywing Mercenary Group unleashed its missile waves, shielded units, and specialized Gundams, overwhelming the Dion Army across multiple combat zones. The Dion forces were pushed to within about eight hundred kilometers of Markus Fortress, with casualties running five to one against them.

• Mobile Drill Missiles and waves of Great Vipers, Birgo IIIs, and Scorpios attacked the Dion Army, whose units struggled against the enemies’ firepower and new titanium alloy armor.
• The Dion Army’s Electromagnetic Wave Laser Rifles disabled Planet Defensers and pierced enemy armor, but Delta Plus and the Crimson Aegis Gundam destroyed several of the rifle-equipped units.
• The Providence Gundam and Warrior Gundam coordinated their Dragon Fang attacks and shot down numerous Dion Army units, while the RaiGoh Gundam destroyed MS units and Mobile Armors in another combat zone.
• Specialized Gundams and newly deployed units suppressed Dion forces as reports said the Skywing Mercenary Group was bringing out its hidden strength and the Dion Empire had no cards left to play.
• After nearly one hundred hours of fighting, the Dion Army was driven back to a front line about eight hundred kilometers from Markus Fortress, and the casualty ratio reached five to one.

The Nebula Thunderbolt Regiment ambushed Dion Army forces across multiple combat zones, using new Mirage Systems to make its Gundams appear to teleport. The regiment wiped out every targeted group and moved on to its next mission.

• Dion Army machines in a burning forest came under unseen attacks, and a crimson Gundam repeatedly appeared to destroy them before vanishing.
• An Azure Saint Machine captain ordered his forces to split into small groups and retreat, but the Gundam killed him before they scattered.
• Three Nebula Thunderbolt Gundams ambushed Groups One, Three, and Six, while the remaining groups were hunted down by more units.
• The thirty-six Nebula Thunderbolt Gundams regrouped after eliminating their targets and received new coordinates from Team Three's command.
• The Nebula Thunderbolt Regiment continued ambushing Dion Army forces, while other factions mistook its Gundams for a new unit under Long Fei.